Aya AU

[sliceitwithwind]

The bar brawl was magnificent. It spread from the original bar (Dilan isn't sure which one that was) to three or four others, going in and out of them into something not quite a riot but not exactly not. Dilan got involved in the second bar on the trip, but managed to hold his own until the cops got there.

And he very politely sat down with his hands behind his head waiting for them to get around to him. Someone with that much facial metal (eyebrow, lip, nose), that hair, and that size tends to ping the combatant radar of everyone. Ever.

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Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"Aya - I graduated high school at fourteen." Dilan says, blinking down at her, "As a pre-teen trying to get out of band and choir making annoying noises made perfect sense. I was a boy."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"You know, I'm kind of glad I missed most social activities for that age group." she noted after a moment to trying to understand how it made sense "I'd have driven myself nuts trying to figure the the guys out."

At least adult men made a little more sense? Kinda any way.

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"Aya?" Dilan says after a minute, "I - didn't think I'd ever need to point this out, but you're a girl. At that age you wouldn't have been spending time with kids like me anyway."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

She eyed him as if that concept was as utterly alien as the previous. "You're joking, right?"...he's not.

Damn it.

"Okay, I was weird at fourteen?"

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"By fourteen it would have been fine. But I was trying to get out of middle-school choir at eight to ten." Dilan explains with another laugh.

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Still weird at eight to ten." she noted after a moment. "Though I was even less social during those particular years so I'll have to take your word on it." she mused.

"I really, really thought people were joking when they talked about cooties and such." as a mass behavior not as an actual disease!

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"I always assumed cooties was a human thing." Dilan says with a shrug, "But there was just - a divide. I don't know, I'm a biologist, not a sociologist."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"If I'd been paying attention I'd have probably noticed it?" she could believe it existed. Really! "I was just dealing with being the only kid skipping grades in my particular class set, so no one was really social?" boys. Girls. Didn't matter?

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"I had Braig." Dilan admits, "We've always been good friends. It was still pretty rough until girls started noticing me."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"I had other stuff to keep me occupied." she admitted. "I'm glad you had someone though. Looking back I can see how it'd have made things easier." and honestly, she could.

She was pretty good at admitting her flaws to herself. "So when did girls start noticing you?" she grinned.

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"Rose May." Dilan says with nostalgia, "She was thirteen, I was twelve. It worked out, since I was above her in school. I was, alas, cute."

She's seen the pictures. She knows it's true.

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

She let out a low whistle and grinned "You started early." she noted teasingly. "Not that I blame you. If you have to be 'cute' you may as well. I'd have given my dad a heart attack if I tried any kind of dating at thirteen."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"Mom didn't care." Dilan says with a shrug, "It was all innocent stuff, lots of figuring out things to do with the mess that was my hair - Braig ended up dreading it the first time, actually - watching films, stuff like that."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Dad still would have lost it. Innocent or no." she chuckled "Once he got his head on straight he worried a lot. Besides, life failed me there. No one remotely attractive at my schools, unless you're into the football type." it'd been a pity really.

"College had more options. Hmmm, so you've had the dread locks since you were a kid?"

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"I played chess." Dilan says with a shrug, "Yeah, since about thirteen. I have unfortunately - well, if I was human you'd say African hair. Not being human, pretty much imagine the same stuff in the texture of a coarse-furred cat, only long."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"When I say 'into the football type' I meant that was the predominant physical ideal." she shrugged "You had to hunt down down everyone else, and I didn't have the time."

She eyed the dreadlocks a moment, then pulled up the memories of how they'd felt at the diner. Yep. "Had to be hell to maintain before dreadlocking." she chuckled. "But at least your control method looks damn good."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"Thanks." Dilan says, grinning, "I'm used to it - although if I ever tell you I have to wash my hair I mean I can't go anywhere. It takes several hours to clean, and several more to make sure everything stays smooth."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"I'll keep that in mind if it ever happens." mental note made, she flexed an ankle then nodded to the paths "I usually come at it from the other end. I'm not sure which one the bridge is on..."

And, just because she was curious "So, washing and wax, twisting...time consuming but how often does it have to be done?" his dreadlocks were interesting?

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"Once a month." Dilan says, "With a little bit of daily maintenance the rest of the month. I twist pretty much every night, but I need someone with a pick to help get fly-aways back in, and so on."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Worth it" she noted. A rare admission from her given that she was rather fanatic about getting her hair cut to manageable lengths. Safer and easier that way.

"It really disturbs me that you still get in bar fights with that much hair to grab hold of, but...worth it."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"Not on purpose." Dilan says, "And it's not like anyone has ever managed to take me down permanently. It's some variation on this or shaving my head, and that makes my species look like thugs."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Hmmm, yep, prefer the dreadlocks." they were far more appealing than a shaved head. "And your cat would be very disappointed." she agreed.

She could smell the water now, though the creek was hidden by another dip in the path. "I'm just never going to let you near one or two of my old training instructors."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"She would." Dilan agrees, then he looks down at her, "Aya, sweetheart, there's a reason I'm not a cop. Well, lots of them, but having to shave my head would be one."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[mitochondriaaya]

"Hey" she grinned, glancing up at him, because, really, he had a gaze you could feel "We wouldn't make you shave your head. Just...point out why shorter hair would be very, very good for you." she had to defend the cops after all!

"And if you were a cop we wouldn't be out here skating, so I'm not complaining."

Re: Wednesday in the park

[sliceitwithwind]

"You don't date cops?" Dilan asks curiously, "And still. If I were expecting fights, short hair would be smart."